Blackbrush Acacia
Vachellia rigidula
Blackbrush acacia is a dense, thorny, dark-stemmed legume shrub of south Texas with fragrant cream flower spikes, a major bee plant and nesting cover in thornscrub.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 5–12 ft
- Spacing
- 6–12 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white, yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, larval host
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen
- Native states
- TX